Haddonfield was down to its last out when Marco Rocco stepped to the plate Saturday night. The pitch came. Rocco blasted it over the left field fence with a full-circle crescendo to cap a week that brought this 12-year-old boy from the innocence of Little League baseball to a case study on sportsmanship and courtroom polarities.

Haddonfield, New Jersey Little League baseball player Marco Rocco was allowed to play Thursday night in his team's first state tournament game.